I love what I get to do for a living. It’s one of the greatest blessings of my life. I never lose sight of the fact that so many work at jobs that are merely that—jobs—that so many put in their efforts mainly so they can go home and do what they really want to do. It’s much easier for me to get up at four thirty A.M. to go to a job I’m passionate about than it is for some to go to a job they are indifferent to. However, as the British would say, I very much enjoy “taking the piss” out of my line of work. It’s not that I don’t value my industry, it’s that oftentimes we have it coming. I’m sure there are more than a few examples of tomfoolery in show business in these pages but it’s because I have such an affection for my fellows and the knowledge that sometimes we all could be better, both as performers and people. I’m never more aware of this than when I see one of my own performances or replay an interaction with my friends, family or coworkers and think, “I can be better than this.”
